@bayimports said in NRL 2024:
Brooks adding a lot at six for Manly, missed a couple, but general play with DCE was very good
he was the better half yesterday, early days but that's looking like a very solid combination
Seriously, how good are Manly looking?! Their pack is owning their opposition so far, Brooks has been brilliant running the left edge with DCE doing the rest with Turbo, Brown has been a good addition adding starch from the bench, their centres look very good with Saab to still come back, seriously, they look like the 3rd best side currently. Their balance in the side is very good.
fun start to the round
GF rematch tonight with the Broncs travelling to Penrith
Warriors the early Friday game
The current media whipping boys Souths play against the Roosters.
Souths have started 0-2 without ever being out of either game. The coach has responded by dropping their young halfback, and, if rumours are to be believed, pushing cook to a bench role.
Both are paying the price for an underperforming pack, a team playing too laterally (except the 5 mins they tore Brisbane up through the middle last week), key injuries, and some other guys with bigger names playing poorly.
I half expect them to smack the Roosters tomorrow, but they do have some absolute plodders starting at the moment
Broncos without Haas and Reynolds too. Broncos young team was exceptional last year when big names were out and will likely hold their own, but think Penrith will probably take this one.
Souths not the only 0-2 side who has been right in it this week, coaches reacting differently in both games. Actually I understand but don't agree with Ilias dropping, his skills and execution last week were also below par. But half backs have bad days, dropping them rarely helps them. The Cook demotion will be interesting, but will the rest of the pack stand up?
Roosters going ok, I believe no Keary so lets see if it changes their shape too much.
The other 0-2 side who has been right in it, is the Warriors. To be fair probably unlucky not to win both games. Tricky fixture, Raiders playing well and always trouble us. One you should win, but could easily banana skin on, if you lose your confidence which could happen given the previous results.
the last 3 minutes last week will be soul destroying so we will see how Webby handles it i guess.
Egan back for the Warriors is the biggest in of the weekend.
Funnily enough the quality of the Storm try means no one is talking about us. Newcastle are back in the gun, AOB back as favourite for first coach sacked, and their recruitment over the last 12-18 months looking awful as they've bought a bunch of guys they can no longer fit in the team. And they've got Melbourne this week.
Bulldogs v Titans has epic cripple fight written all over it.
I know Egan is named, but I am not convinced he is available yet. The difference he adds is significant, AFB goes into beast mode when he plays.
Newcastle have a confused spine and now potentially a half back who wont play reggies because of the AOB decision. Nor have they really resolved the left edge hole left by Fitzgibbon. The guy wasn't the greatest second rower, but could really hit a hole. KPP or Lucas haven't really stood up yet and now they are without Marzhew this week as well.
Jason Demetriou also enters the chat for first coach sacked, but the quality of his team should allow him to escape that.
On the Storm what is happening with NAS?, rumours are Bellamy wants him out, penalty magnet for sure, but a massive unit
I still think the Bulldogs are not that bad, the first 60 minutes were tough from them, and then they gave up. They are tougher than last years version I think. Gold Coast have a lot to prove though..Will be the most likely game I skip this week lol
I still can't believe the money the Tigers have given Luai. He is not the guy to put your club on his back
Fuuuuck
No one is beating the fluffybunnies
And this team is chock full of little fluffybunnies full of mouth because they never fucking lose
I fucking hate Penrith
@mariner4life Not much else they could do in fairness to them. They simply can't attract players there and when you have to fill 95% of your salary cap, they don't have much else they can do.
The Dogs recruitment on the other hand....
@bayimports said in NRL 2024:
The chin in overdrive!
The dick riding from the commentators was nauseating
I watched the first half on 9 and I thought John's was bad
But jesus Ennis wanted to gob him off
Yeah they don’t hold back their love..
If anything given Walsh’s early exit, makes for a great rematch later
I wouldn't worry too much if I were Brisbane with all the reshuffling that went on. About of the tries went through Piakura defending out of position.
gee what a surprise, Walsh's face is fractured, he has to drive back to Brisbane, and he'll be out for a fair while.
May not charged for the collision.
Two Panthers opponents in two weeks get their faces caved in for a grant total of zero weeks suspension.
Yes, this was a head clash, and i'm pretty big on footy accidents happen. But May sort of launched himself forward in a motion that even if he didn't crush his head, would have resulted in nothing more than a shoulder-charge. I'm a little surprised it's been chucked straight out.
For me (trying to look at it through league and not my rugby eyes) it was a complete accident, however if you blow a penalty for it, then surely something greater occurs and should have been at least put on report and reviewed later.
I don't buy into Penrith being a protected species, but putting on my warriors jersey for a second, I think if it was a warrior we would be asking if 2-4 weeks was appropriate
wow, yeah find that hard to believe, will be interesting to see how the ref boss justifies this
The lack of footy nouse from the Warriors is astounding. Plenty of effort but very little brain.
Two big opportunities failed to be converted, shame they look so good in full flight. Conversely Raiders just grind shit out so well. If this comes down to a a small margin, im not sure we tough this out especially with no AFB.
DWZ was a journeyman fullback, seriously one of the most complete wingers in the game, good on him for that change, amazing
Big second half incoming
Don’t have a great feeling about this, we’ve wasted our chances, and we’re giving them plenty…
As I type, Canberra hit the front
sigh
Cotric drop may have saved the Warriors season, and yes I am that pessimistic that I think a loss here and they'd be goneburgers.
@bayimports said in NRL 2024:
DWZ was a journeyman fullback,
I always thought he was a wing who filled in at fullback? At any rate he had a couple of good tests at fullback.
The warriors defence is still very good. There attack, mistakes, and discipline have slipped back to 2021 and 2022 levels so far this season. The defence has won them this game.
and DWZ is one, love his effort, has had a couple of good games at fullback for sure, referring to overall career in NRL especially at the doggies